Endeavor Information Systems has announced that
the ENCompass digital management system has been purchased by and delivered
to a total of 17 institutions. Commercially released last March, ENCompass
is on a rapid development track and will have its third release, version
2.0, available early this year, according to the announcement. ENCompass
customers include the following:

Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)

The Getty Research Institute (Los Angeles)

Kansas State University (Manhattan, Kansas)

University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)

University of Richmond (Richmond, Virginia)

New Jersey Institute of Technology (Newark, New Jersey)

National Library of New Zealand (Wellington, New
Zealand)

The R.W. Norton Art Gallery (Shreveport, Louisiana)

Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama)

State Library of Queensland (South Brisbane, Queensland,
Australia)

Maryland Interlibrary Consortium (Frederick, Maryland)

James Madison University (Harrisonburg, Virginia)

National Library of Medicine (Washington, D.C.)

University of Texas­San Antonio (San Antonio,
Texas)

United Nations International Labor Organization (Geneva)

Disciples of Christ Historical Society (Nashville,
Tennessee)

Indiana State University (Terre Haute, Indiana)

"ENCompass is unmatched by any other system offered
today. There is no other single solution to provide navigation across disparate
resources, object and collection management, rights and authentication
management, and a linking solution—all in one system," said Nadeem Ghias,
Endeavor's director of digital library development. "There are amazing
technologies available now. Endeavor is evaluating those technologies and
implementing these ideas in our solutions for information access, recognizing
libraries are quickly implementing these cutting-edge advancements in their
own digital strategies."

"ENCompass can be a single point of access for
a multitude of e-resources, including commercial content, local digital
collections, even remote collections," said Jane Burke, Endeavor's president
and CEO. "ENCompass is the key for the future of information access beyond,
but including, the library OPAC—whether the library OPAC is Voyager or
another vendor's system."

According to the announcement, ENCompass is a
complete solution for accessing all of the resources of the library and
the campus, including the local OPAC, remote OPACs, previously unseen collections,
digital collections, electronic databases, e-books, and journals. Applying
new technology standards like XML, EAD, and Dublin Core to organize and
access electronic resources, ENCompass provides seamless searching across
digital object collections while managing and controlling links for separate
repositories.

A complete system, ENCompass includes functionality
for search and discovery, object management, collection management, license
and rights management, and linking. ENCompass is delivered complete with
LinkFinderPlus, the solution for providing seamless access to all library
information and relevant services across platforms, journals, and publishers,
including the latest abstracts; full text of print; and links to Internet
search engines, online booksellers, and review information.